Thursday, January 22, 2009

We're wondering now

Question: why, on iTunes, last.fm and Spotify to name three, if you search for Gangsters by the Specials does it come up with a completely different version which is longer and features someone who isn't Terry Hall on vocals, and where on earth does that version originate? (NB. We know a lot of sources have the proper version on under the then proper band name Special AKA, we're just curious)

2 comments:

I dimly recall seeing some sort of dubious re-recorded Best Of The Specials CD with God-knows-what lineup, so I guess it's from there. Ownership of the name seems strangely vague, recalling that reunion in the 1990s that did the shabby covers album and the fact that they're now touring without Jerry Dammers.